aerification

[Lat. aër = air; facio = to make.] 1. The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being so combined. 2. The act or proce of rendering any substance gaseous, or the state of being so transformed. ā'-er-i-fied, pa. par. & a. [AERIFY.] ā'-er-i-form, a . [In Fr. aériforme ; Lat. aer = air, and form a = form.] Of the form of air; that is, gaseous, as opposed to liquid or solid. "The inorganic matters are aëriform , liquid, or solid."-Todd & Bowman Physiol. Anat., i 13.